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Next podcast – on the go?
Dear friends, I want to try something a little new: record a podcast while driving :-) I got myself a pretty decent mobile microphone (a Zoom H1) and I hope that the sounds of the engine, tires and wind will not be heard too much on the final recording (I will be using a low-cut filter and a windscreen). Of course, this will not be as convenient as recording in
Seeing through the doublethink: Primary evidence on losses of the combatants at Donbass
(Note by the Saker: Tatzhit Mihailovich submitted this article with *many* embedded photos and videos and I asked him to replace them by links to the media in order not to overload the page and to make the formatting easier. Make sure to check his YouTube and LiveLeak channels which are chock-full of very good stuff!) Seeing through the doublethink: Primary evidence on losses of the combatants at Donbass by
I will be gone all day Friday 13th (so enjoy your open thread)
Dear friends, I will be gone all day Friday 13th so enjoy your open thread. As for me, I plan to spend a day deep in the Florida wilderness alone with my wife (my wife and nature are my two addictions which I need to ‘fix’ in order to avoid severe withdrawal symptoms) Open thread below :-) Cheers and hugs, The Saker
Ukraine SITREP Thursday March 12th, 2015
The main development in the Ukraine is the sharp increase in the number of visible signs of the economic collapse taking place. Prices are sky-rocketing, more and more salaries are simply unpaid, shortages are becoming more frequent and as a direct result, so are social protests. The interesting thing is that these protests are not limited to the eastern Ukraine, but are also taking place in western regions of the
CrossTalk: Russia Watching
11.03.2015 Ukrainian crisis news. Latest news of Ukraine, BRICS, UK, IMF, NATO
Fundraisers update
Dear friends, I just wanted to update you on the two fundraisers I mentioned yesterday. First, here is a video about Russia Insider: Then I wanted to remind you all to indicate FOR GEVORG when you donate to my webmaster (if you forgot to do so yesterday, please email me). On behalf of Russia Insider and Gevorg, thanks a lot!! Cheers, The Saker
Very interesting interview of Paul Craig Roberts with Ellen Brown! (UPDATED)
Dear friends, I want to draw your attention to a very interesting interview of Paul Craig Robers with Ellen Brown. You can listen to it right here: By the way, I would like to get in touch with Paul Craig Roberts. If you have his email, please send it to me. Enjoy this most interesting interview, kind regards, The Saker UPDATE: got his email, thanks, and I emailed him today.
The European Union’s military: yet another sign of impotence
You probably have heard of the European attempt to reacquire some relevance: the proposal to create a “European Union Army”. In part, this is, as an attempt by the Europeans to show that they matter, that they can do something by themselves, that they are not completely US lackeys. This might also be a reaction to the crazy statements of General Philip Breedlove, the Commander of the U.S. European Command
‘We did what we had to do’: Putin opens up on Crimea reunification plan
Two important fundraisers
Dear friends, Today I want to ask for your support for two fundraisers, one for one of our “brother in arms” and one for my webmaster. Russia Insider crowdfunding campaign Russia Insider is launching its first crowdfunding campaign today. Please check out Charles Bausman’s appeal ( APPEAL: We’ve Launched Russia Insider’s Crowdfunding on Kickstarter. ) and the campaign’s kickstarter page ( Russia Insider – Challenge the Media. Let’s Push Back!
10.03.2015 Ukrainian crisis news. War in Ukraine, Kiev, Donbass, NATO, Latvia
So did Syriza win a victory?
by Alexander Mercouris Since Greek was granted a 4 month extension there has been a sustained attempt both within Greece and in the English speaking world to claim that it is Syriza rather than the EU hardliners that came out ahead on points. This is the view of Tsipras but also the view of such Anglophone commentators ranging from Jack Rasmus on the far left to Paul Krugman on
Back from Moscow
by Alexander Mercouris As everyone by now knows I have been a week in Moscow. It was an extraordinary, wonderful visit packed with productive work and meetings with good friends. There is so much to say and I will try to say it when I can. But first a quick general impression about the economic and security situation unrelated to specific political news or to the Nemtsov murder (of which
Nemtsov murder – more questions than answers
According to RT, Zaur Dadaev, who had reportedly confessed involvement in Nemtsov’s murder, said he organized the crime in revenge for the opposition leader’s “negative comments on Muslims and Islam,” according to Rosbalt’s source in law enforcement. Sounds plausible? Not really. Possible? I suppose so. But plausible? Zaur Dadaev – who supposedly pulled the trigger – was the deputy commander of the Chechen special operations battalion “Vostok”. Hardly your typical
Russia’s Remarkable Renaissance
by F. William Engdahl for New Eastern Outlook First appeared here: Russia’s Remarkable Renaissance Something remarkable is taking place in Russia, and it’s quite different from what we might expect. Rather than feel humiliated and depressed Russia is undergoing what I would call a kind of renaissance, a rebirth as a nation. This despite or in fact because the West, led by the so-called neo-conservatives in Washington, is trying
09.03.2015 Ukrainian crisis news. Latest news of Ukraine, Kiev, USA, OSCE, Lithuania
Zoom function now implemented!
Dear friends, You asked for it and here it is: the homepage zoom function has now been implemented! Thanks to my webmaster Gevorg! The Saker
Ukraine unofficially has 272 percent inflation!
Ukraine unofficially has 272 percent inflation. And is not a Kremlin-sponsored propaganda outlet which says so, or some rabidly nationalistic Russian blogger, but the very AngloZionist Washington Post. In the same article, the WAPO also states that the Hrivna is in free fall: Whether this admission is made in the hopes of getting more funding to the Kiev regime or whether its intention is to signal that it is time
